Polica’s Channy Leaneagh doesn’t care what the haters think

Poliça’s Channy Leaneagh isn’t bothered that some critics don’t ‘get’ their superb new album, writes Ed Power

POLIÇA’S Channy Leaneagh doesn’t care what the haters think. The stately electro pop group were a name on everyone’s lips when they broke through in 2012. Then came the inevitable backlash. She sighs: either you allow the negativity pull you under or you puff out your chest and push past it.

“Pitchfork doesn’t really like us,” Leaneagh says, referring to the influential music website notorious for its ability to kill a band with a scathing review (it rated Poliça’s latest LP six out of ten). “In the world today, if you’re not young and up and coming — not the new thing — you’re going got be overlooked.